Bonding-tie for concrete-floor construction.



, A. c. SGHUMANN. BONDING TIE FOB CONCRETE FLOOR CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED DEG-15.1909;

Patented Dec. 6,1910.

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APPLICATION FILED DEO.15.1909.

Patented Dec. 6, 1910.

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AUGUST C. SCHUMANN, OF LAUREL, IOWA.

BONDING-TIE FOR CONCRETE-FLOOR CONSTRUCTION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 6, 1910.

Application filed December 15, 1909. Serial No. 533,250.

floors and the like.

The object of the invention is to provide a comparatively simple and thoroughly efficient device of this character which serves the dual function of a reinforce for the concrete constituting the floor of a building and also as a means for supporting the' corner posts and intermediateuprights thereof.

A further object is to provide a metallic anchoring member having a socket secured thereto and projecting above the upper longitudinal edge of the joist so that when the concrete is troweled ofi level with the top of the socket, the anchoring member will be embedded in and spaced from the upper surface of said concrete.

A further object is to form the socket with longitudinally disposed attaching arms adapted to receive the adjacent end of the anchoring member between the same, the construction of the device being such as to permit the use of anchoring members of different lengths according to the width and length of the building.

A still further object is generally to improve this class of devices so as to increase their utility, durability and efliciency.

Further objects and advantages will appear in the following description, it being understood that various changes in form, proportions and minor details of construction and the means for effecting the result, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a concrete floor provided with a bonding tie constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a similar view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of one of the corner sockets and its anchoring member detached; Fig. 5 is a similar view of one end of the side sockets detached showing an upright positioned in sald socket; Fig. 6 is a perspective view lllustrating a modified form of corner socket.

Qorresponding and like parts are referred to m the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The bonding tie forming the subject matter of the present invention is principally designed for use in the construction of corn cribs, sllos, hen houses and similar structures having concrete floors and by way of illustration is shown in connection with a hen house in which 5 designates the corner posts or uprights, 6 the intermediate uprlghts, and 7 the concrete floor. Disposed at the corners of the building are socket members 8, each preferably formed of a single piece of metal bent upon itself to produce a substantially rectangular body portion adapted to receive the adjacent corner post or upright 5, the metal forming the body of each socket being cut away at 9 to produce spaced longitudinally disposed attaching arms 10. Interposed between the attaching arms 10, is one end of an anchoring member 11, the opposite end of which is bent upon itself to produce a substantially cylindrical eye 12, the free end of the metal constituting the eye 12 being riveted, or otherwise rigidly secured to the member 11 at 13. The eye 12 is adapted to receive the cement or concrete constituting the floor 7 and thus assist in anchoring the socket member 8. Attention is here called to the fact that the anchoring member 11 of each socket 8 extends from one corner of the socket to the center of the floor, thus to reinforce said floor.

The attaching arms 10 are secured to the anchoring member 11 by bolts or similar fastening devices 14, while the metal constituting the socket 8 above the attaching arms is bent laterally to form outwardly projecting lips 15 which constitute auxiliary anchoring members and asslst in preventing accidental displacement of the socket 8.

Extending transversely across the floor 7 between the eyes 12 of the corner sockets 8, is a transverse anchoring member or beam 15 having its opposite ends detachably se cured to side socket members 16, which latter receive the intermediate uprights 6, as shown. The side socket members 16 are similar in construction to the end sockets 8 with the exception that the attaching arms extend longitudinally from one end of the socket 16 instead of from the corner thereof.

In constructing a building, the corner sockets 8 and side sockets 16 are placed in position with the lower longitudinal edges of the anchoring members 11 and 15 resting on the surface of the ground, rock or other coarse material being then shoveled on the ground between the anchoring members 11 and 15 and leveled off flush with the top thereof, the concrete or finer material being then placed on the coarse material and troweled off level with the upper ends of the sockets 8 and 16, as best shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. Thus it will be seen that the upper longitudinal edges of the anchoring members 11 and 15 form a guide and serve to indicate the height or depth of the rock or coarse material constituting the bed of the floor,- while the upper ends of the sockets 8 and 16 serve to indicate the height or depth of the concrete or finer material constituting the surface of the floor.

If desired, auxiliary side sockets 17 may be embedded in the concrete constituting the floor to support additional side beams 18 when necessary.

I11 Fig. 6 of the drawings, there is illustrated a modified form of anchoring mem her and socket in which the socket, instead of being rectangular in cross section, is sub stantially cylindrical as indicated at 19, for the reception of a correspondingly shaped post 20.

It will here be noted that by releasing the fastening devices l t and 21, the anchoring arms 11 and 15 may be lengthened or shortened according to the width or length of the building.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A bonding tie for concrete floor construction comprising a post receiving socket having spaced attaching arms extending longitudinally therefrom and of less height than the socket, and an anchoring member interposed between said arms and secured thereto.

2. A bonding tie for concrete floor construction comprising a post receiving socket having spaced attaching arms extending longitudinally therefrom and of less height than the socket, and a longitudinally disposed anchoring member interposed between the arms and secured thereto, the walls of the socket above the attaching arms being bent laterally to form outwardly projecting anchoring lips.

3. A bonding tie for concrete floor construction comprising a substantially rectangular post receiving socket having longitudinally disposed attaching arms extending from one corner thereof, there being laterally extending anchoring lips formed on the socket and disposed in vertical alinement with the attaching arms,'and'an anchoring member interposed between and secured to said anchoring arms.

l. A bonding tie for concrete floor construction comprising a. substantially rectangular post receiving socket having spaced attaching arms extending longitudinally from one corner thereof, and an anchoring member interposed between and secured to 7 5 the attaching arms and provided with a reinforcing terminal eye.

5. A bonding tie for concrete floor construction comprising a substantially rectangular post receiving socket having longitudinally disposed attaching arms extending from one corner thereof and of less height than the socket, and an'anchoring member interposed between the arms and provided with a terminal reinforcing eye, the walls of the socket above the attaching arms being bent outwardly to produce anchoring lips- 6. A bonding tie for concrete floor construction comprising a socket formed of a single piece of metal bent upon itself to produce a body portion ofrectangular cross sectional formation, the metal constituting two of the walls of the body portion being cut-away and extended longitudinally to form attaching arms, and an anchoring member having one end thereof interposed between the attaching arms and its other end bent upon itself to produce a vertically disposed eye, the metal constituting the body portion being bent laterally above the attaching arms to produce vertically disposed anchoring lips.

7. In concrete floor construction, the combination with vertical corner sockets having horizontally disposed anchoring members secured thereto and spaced apart at the center of the floor, said anchoring members being embedded in the concrete and provided with terminal eyes. 7

8. In concrete floor construction, the combination with vertical corner sockets of substantially rectangular cross sectional formation and each provided with spaced attaching arms extending from one corner of the adjacent socket and radiating toward the center of the floor, and horizontally disposed anchoring members interposed between the attaching arms of the sockets and having their inner ends terminating short of the center of the fioor and provided with ter- 12,0 minal eyes.

9. In concrete floor construction, the combination with vertical corner sockets having. horizontally disposed anchoring members 7 secured thereto and spaced apart at the center of the floor, side sockets disposed between some of the corner sockets, and an anchormg member connecting the side sockets and extending between the inner ends of the anchoring members of the corner sockets. 1'

corner sockets, and an anchoring member connecting the side sockets and extending between the eyes of the attaching arms of the corner sockets.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AUGUST 0. SGHUMANN.

lVitnesses J. F. PATTON, C. M. SEE. 

